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Director of EngineeringOnDeck

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Who We Are:
On Deck has built a platform that aggregates data to connect capital with small business owners trying to grow their business. Our platform uses cutting edge technology to identify positive indicators for small businesses that big banks over-look. ?We say yes more." and we provide funding to customers who have long suffered from lack of access to traditional financing models ? e.g. restaurants, barber shops, convenience stores, etc.

Following a recent round of funding by Tiger Capital, Google Ventures and Peter Thiel, We are expanding our technology teams and looking to bring in New York?s Best and brightest.

What we're building:

Technology at OnDeck is a mix of building cutting edge systems to provide a world-class user experience to our customers and partners, aggregate mountains of data to make real-time lending decisions, and move lots of money every day. We have an emphasis on scalability, reliability and accuracy (we do lend money after all) that you would expect in a much larger company.

What?s the job:

The Director of Engineering will be responsible for providing the overall architectural leadership for OnDeck?s rapidly growing team systems by working directly with the software engineering teams, technology leaders, key stakeholders including product. The role includes leading the software architecture vision and execution for both streamlining the systems and building new platforms/?products. As the principal leader of our software architecture, having the ability to lead and collaboratively influence and grow engineers in their technical perspectives is an imperative to this role. The Director of Engineering will work in close coordination with SVP of Technology and the other technology team members to ensure that our technology roadmap and initiatives map to the needs of the business and our technology resources and investments are aligned to the areas of greatest impact or risk.

Responsibilities:

Own the vision and strategy for overall technical architecture functions for the company, including planning, best practices, leadership and execution. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring personal investment in the team to build an outstanding group of engineers creating innovative, reliable and scalable systems.

Lead the company?s architectural direction to create ubiquitous processing across all channels, streamlining systems and decision points to create scalable, fault tolerant and secure systems.
Build a resilient, secure infrastructure that will be audited for security and compliance with IT standards on a regular basis, and provide business continuity for the company
Inspire technologists about our movement forward and create an organization of collaboration.
Write architecture/?design documents and software platform requirement documents
Understand the OnDeck stacks, product and processes to ensure architectural alignment with long term strategic vision.
Perform full system use case analysis and set key application performance targets
Participate in roadmap discussions with engineers and stakeholders.
Review designs as a mentor and collaborator to create consistent architectural strategies and
Drive innovation while creating shared view of best in class stacks, frameworks, and methodologies to leverage by all software engineering teams.
Provide technical leadership to the technology team and develop the technology vision for the company
Contributing as a valued member of the senior management team to attain the company?s overall objectives
Represent OnDeck?s technology in discussions with distribution partners and prospective partners, including banks and other small business service providers
Recruiting best-in-class talent (preferred candidates will have a strong pre-existing network) and develop our technical recruiting process
What you offer us:

Deep technical knowledge of
Comfort writing code in a test driven development team.
Experience building software in a team environment
Experience creating a scalable, ubiquitous environment from?
The Vice President will lead an elite team of architecture resources charged with developing and designing key enhancements to technology that applies to IT Software Engineering and business solution processes. The Vice President must be a capable leader with excellent business acumen and a solid technical background. The Vice President will work with key business executives to develop and manage the roadmap for solutions and services enhancements and implementation of new game changing technologies. The Vice President must be able to simultaneously lead and serve his or her business partners and effectively and efficiently bridge the gap between IT and the business. Be able to provide innovative approaches to customer challenges. Assist client Business Units with evolution of software based products and services. Design and oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems. Deliver architectural initiatives that drive revenue and improve efficiency in line with business strategy. Have a rigorous, logical approach to problem solving, coupled with strong technical writing & communication skills. Have skills to develop and then document requirements for our next generation site and system capabilities; these enhancements will further empower associates and help us serve the needs of our customers even better. The team already has an exciting array of new initiatives for the coming years and is looking forward to added perspective and leadership from this executive. This role will report to the Chief Solutions Officer.

The Director of Engineering will be responsible for providing the overall leadership and technical direction for OnDeck?s rapidly growing team of software engineering and IT professionals. As a key member of the senior management team, this individual will play a significant role in achieving On Deck?s growth and financial objectives and will report directly to the CEO.

Technology at OnDeck is a mix of building cutting edge systems to provide a world-class user experience to our customers and partners, aggregate mountains of data to make real-time lending decisions, and move lots of money every day. We have an emphasis on scalability, reliability and accuracy (we do lend money after all) that you would expect in a much larger company.

The CTO / SVP Engineering is responsible for all aspects of technology at OnDeck, serving as the principal leader of our software development and systems infrastructure initiatives. The CTO will work in close coordination with other executive team members to ensure that our technology roadmap and initiatives map to the needs of the business and our technology resources and investments are aligned to the areas of greatest impact or risk.

Ideal Profile and Required Skills:

? Proven in a high growth environment. A skilled and innovative technology leader with proven increasing responsibilities in previous roles at rapidly growing technology companies with 250-1000+ employees. Expert in agile software development responding to the needs of a company that is scaling quickly.

? Operates at multiple levels. Comfortable with designing for the future, while managing the day-to-day operations. Able to deal effectively with strategic issues, as well as the tactical, operational details.

? Strong interpersonal skills. Personable and can quickly engender people?s confidences. Capable of building relationships, a good listener with outstanding interpersonal influencing qualities and a natural consultative style.

? Outstanding communicator. An individual who possesses good written/oral communications skills, as well as the ability to present his/her views in a clear and compelling manner. Positive can-do orientation. Able to deal effectively with broad range of personalities.

? Natural leader and coach. An individual with a strong presence who has an open and direct communication style. Adaptable and flexible. Can motivate, improve, and inspire teams. Adjusts to varied audiences effectively.

? Open to new playbooks and experiments. Willing to try something new and innovative to solve a business challenge, and able to synthesize best practices from other leaders in the technology community to inform OnDeck?s technology strategy.

? Effective team player. A highly motivated team player that contributes to an atmosphere in which people work together, enthusiastically and effectively to produce outstanding results.

? The other stuff. A strong desire to be part of a growing, disruptive, and entrepreneurial company. Persistent and resilient to bumps in the road. IPO experience is really helpful, but it is not required. Other pluses would be building scalable financial and data-driven systems, experience with web crawling/data aggregation, service-oriented architectures, and machine learning. Undergraduate degree required in computer science, math, engineering, or natural sciences, Masters/PhD preferred.

What we offer you:

Medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k, flex spending plan and life insurance
Paid/flexible vacations and holidays
If you?re sick just stay home and feel better
Quarterly outings with the entire office!
Happy hour every Wednesday
Game room with ping pong, pac-man and Wii
Fully stocked kitchen with snacks and drinks

OnDeck is 100 focused on small business. Launched in 2007 to solve a major issue facing small businesses: financing. We combined our passion for Main Street with cutting-edge technology to evaluate businesses based on their actual performance, not personal credit.
That's enabled us to say "yes" more often and faster than traditional lenders. And that lets owners spend their time where it should be-on growing their business, not seeking financing.All Jobs:at OnDeck